How Jeff Goldblum became the coolest guy in Hollywood (again)

Bar of the week: Clean Air Bar with Ketel One vodka

Every week, we scour the city to find the best bars our capital has to offer. Whether you're a cocktail kind of guy, or a man who enjoys a decent draft beer, there's a GQ-worthy drinking spot to suit every taste.

How Jeff Goldblum became the coolest guy in Hollywood (again)

Bar of the week: Clean Air Bar with Ketel One vodka

Every week, we scour the city to find the best bars our capital has to offer. Whether you're a cocktail kind of guy, or a man who enjoys a decent draft beer, there's a GQ-worthy drinking spot to suit every taste.

MAN's three-designer-catwalk is a showcase of new talent

Per Götesson

One of the most exciting things about the three-designer-to-a-catwalk MAN format is that you get a short, sharp burst of the emerging designer's vision - especially when it's a designer's first time on the playbill, such as Swedish newcomer Per Gotesson. Kicking off the designer showcase for S/S '17, the Royal College of Art grad installed a seven-feet high pile of mattresses and palettes in the centre of the catwalk, with male models draped across every side. The collection itself was almost like a Scandi on the sort of wardrobe you might see sported by a cool East London mechanic - all unlined, raw-edged denim in slouchy cuts, with structure added by coordinating belts and high waists. And while this superbly stylish garage we could see these models hanging out at might be imaginary, the individual items themselves felt wearable, fashionable, and like they had a place in real life.

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Feng Chen Wang

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A second newcomer to the MAN show catwalk, Feng Chen Wang presented a collection dominated by light technical fabric in white and black with bursts of orangey-red. Picking up on the sports luxe vibe that's still running through menswear with sporty detailing (toggles and elastic pull cords), bringing a unique twist to the trend with gathering and embossed logos. In short, the sort of thing you'd see on East London kids as obsessed with trainers as they are with envelope-pushing streetwear. And for every item that was more conceptual (for example, chest-exposing shirts made from strips of fabric or coats with gathering so amped up that it creates a bulbous, bulging silhouette) there were plenty of items, such as her oversized bomber jackets, the that you could see being repped by someone like Drake on stage in front of thousands of fans.

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Charles Jeffrey Loverboy

Considering his debut at MAN last season became the talking point of the London shows, Charles Jeffrey had quite a task on his hands to top it. This season saw Jeffrey take his band of club kids to Elizabethan England (complete with ruffs and white pancake make-up), pushing the boundary of gender fluidity to its feminine limits. While there were incredibly overt references to this throughout (a bustier worn with Dr Martens and models wearing long fake nails), where this collection reached true gender-bending mastery was in its subversion of traditionally masculine tailoring, softened using to floaty fabrics, puffed shoulders, nipped waists and pie-crust hems. The riot of sound and colour was brought to an end with the soundtrack of Big Ben chiming over the final look. The party might be over for six months, but we sense it will be back and better than ever in January.

Isaac Hempstead-Wright: Game of Thrones' Renaissance man

From starring as Bran Stark in TV juggernaut Game Of Thrones to studying maths and science, via a talent for classical music and a taste for dandy fashion and star physicists, Isaac Hempstead-Wright is a Renaissance man for our times.